Scott takes us through the twisted history of the classic game Twister. How did it overcome its risqué premise to become a perennial favorite?
Bibliography of a Board Game:
Video - Twister was created 55 years ago Video - Ren Guyer: The Man Who Invented Twister & Nerf Video - Original Twister Commercial Video - Twister Mania for Xbox 360 review Text - Ren Guyer's story of Twister from his official website Text - Twister on Board Games Galore Fandom Wikia Text - Patent information on Twister Book - Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them, by Tim Walsh7m46: One interesting note is that Shuffle Twister's gameplay is similar to Bez Shahriari's independently-released In a Bind, but Shahriari released her game in 2015, one year earlier. In a Bind went on to be re-implemented by French publisher Gigamic as Yogi.
9m19s: To clarify, Monkey Auto Races wasn't #1 on the BGG Hot Games; as an April Fool's joke in 2007, a bunch of BGG users gave the game a high rating, and it was actually the #1 game on BGG for one day.
Ludology 257 - All About That Ace
Biography of a Board Game 256.5 - Afrikan tähti ("Star of Africa")
Ludology 256 - You're Big in Japan!
GameTek 255.5 - Global Logistics Woes
Ludology 255 - The Quiet Game
Biography of a Board Game 254.5 - Zombies!!!
Ludology 254 - Make It Count
GameTek Classic 253.5 - Knitting
Ludology 253 - Reimagined, Revamped, and Restored
Biography of a Board Game 252.5 - King of Tokyo
Ludology 252 - Crazy Rich Storytelling
GameTek Classic 251.5 - Lotteries
Ludology 251 - All in the Family
Biography of a Board Game 250.5 - El Grande
Ludology 250 - Thanks for the Emma-ries
GameTek Classic 249.5 - Battle Royale
Ludology 249 - Gaming the System
Biography of a Board Game 248.5 - Pass-out
Ludology 248 - Solo-liloquy
GameTek 247.5 - Mana
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